Year: 2008
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TV’s Survivor Man Makes a Go At Surviving Just Outside Yosemite
Guess who’s up in the Sierra just outside Yosemite filming an episode of hit hit TV series Survivor Man. That’s right, it’s none other than the Survivor Man himself, Les Stroud. So far Les has been just outside Oakhurst in the same general area a SAR took place this winter “surviving”. According to his blog…
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Missing: My Little Boy
Tonight I lived every parents worst nightmare. My 5 (almost 6) year old non-verbal autistic son went out the front door and ran off down the street alone. Not more than 4 minutes had passed when I noticed the screen door open and one of our dogs in our front yard. One of our neighbors…
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Photo of the Day: Half Dome and Tenaya Canyon by Kevinmcchubb (on Flickr.com)
Sometimes I like to choose photos that are a little different for the Photo of the Day and today’s photo is no exception. While browsing through the images on Flickr.com I happened to catch this one by Kevinmcchubb as I was scrolling down the page and had to back up and get a better view…
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Meetings Slated this Week to Discuss Ferguson Slide Solutions
There are 2 upcoming meetings scheduled for this week to discuss a permanent solution to the the Ferguson Slide on Highway 140 one in Yosemite at El Portal and the other in Mariposa. Chantel at CalTrans was nice enough to send me PDF’s of the announcements about the meetings. If you’re interested in attending the…
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Photo of the Day: Yosemite Falls at Night by Edie Howe-Byrne
We’re starting off the week before the big Memorial Day weekend with an awesome night shot from Edie. All I’m going to say is “WOW!” Very nice Edie. Photo by Edie Howe-Byrne via Little Red Tent.net.
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North and Southside Drives to Reopen Memorial Day Weekend
Beginning Memorial Day weekend North and Southside Drives will return to their normal one way traffic patterns. The El Capitan crossover and bridge will also reopen to traffic.
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Tioga Road to Open and Some Tips for the Memorial Day Weekend
The Tioga Road will open to traffic this Wednesday just in time for Memorial Day. Here’s the official word from the National Park Service plus some tips for visitors headed into the park over the Memorial dayweekend. Yosemite National Park Superintendent Mike Tollefson announced today that the Tioga Road will open for the season on…
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Half Dome Cables Up for the Season
Grab your water, gloves, walking stick and good boots the cables are up on Half Dome just in time for Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy!
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Photo of the Day: Jeffrey Pine and Half Dome by Forrest Pangborn
Today’s Photo of the Day is an awesome shot of Half Dome from Forrest Pangborn who tagged his photo with YosemiteBlog on Flickr. Tagging your photos with certain keywords is a great way to get your stuff noticed. I have searches setup for YosemiteBlog, Yosemiteblog.com and Yosemiteblogcom so if you tag your photos with any…
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CA State Parks – SAVED!!!
Many, many of us enjoy and use the State Parks as our training ground for our Yosemite hikes. This is great news. Governor Schwarzenegger released a revision to his January budget and is now proposing to restore funding to keep all of California’s state parks open. The Save Our State Parks Campaign advises that the Legislature…